Strong and resilient, Payton has always been able to pick up the pieces of her tragic life and move on, but not without hesitance when it came to letting others in. Until recently, she's done it alone, but now there's Garrett, and he wants nothing more than to be in her life. She is finally finding it easier to leave the hurt and fear behind her for good. Harboring secrets of his own, Garrett knows it is best to stay away from Payton, but knowing and doing are two different things, and he just can't seem to stay away from her. An unexpected encounter brought Garrett into Payton's life. Mutual attraction and eventually love has kept him there, but will secrets and lies prove to be too much for them both? What happens when Payton's past comes back to haunt her? Will this tear them apart forever?